Halter



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A. G. GARFIELD.

. HALTER, am. No. 375,809. Patented Ja.11.3, 1888.

UNITED STATES ALBERT' G. GARFIELD,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HALTER, s60.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,809I dated January 3, 1888.

` Application filed October 25,1557. Serial No. 2532-2. (No model.) u

T0 @ZZ whom, z' may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT G. GARFIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefui Improvement in I-Ialtcrs or CattleATies, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates particularly to that class of halters commonly known to the trade as horse neck-halters. or cattle-ties,77 the same being made of a single piece of rope, which is ordinarily provided with a snap at one end and with a ring or other like device secured against slipping on the rope at an intermediate point, so thatA the snap end of the rope may be passed around the neck of the animal and the snap fastened in the ring. These rope halters are sometimes further provided with a second snap secured immovably to the rope at a point below the ring, which snap when in use is commonly fastened to the bridlebit. When these halters are provided with this second snap, they are commonly designated as horse neckhaltsers,77 and when made without the second snap they are generally called in the trade cattle-ties.7

These halters are of a very simple and cheap construction; but one ofthe difculties or dangers in their use arises from the liability of the ring slipping in its position on the rope, unless it is very `carefully secured in place, and thus choking or strangling the animal to death in case it pulls violently on the halter.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and perfectly secure means of fixing the ring in its intermediate position on the halter-rope, and whereby at the same time the position of the ring may be easily and quickly adjusted as desired to change the size of the halter, so that it will it different animals.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure l isaplan View of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, showing the halter when the second snap is omitted. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vdetail View of the double oblong ring employed for securing the ring in position on the halter, and Fig. 4t is an edge View of the same, showing the rope in place.

In said drawings, A represents the halterrope, B the ring, C the snap, and D the threering splice-piece by which the snap C is or may be secured upon the end of the rope, the end of the rope being twisted orvbraided through this splice-piece and secured in the manner shown and described in the patent granted to me January 18, 1887, and numbered 356,116.

" E is the second or supplemental snap,with which the halter is sometimes provided.

F is a double oblong ring, by means o'f which I secure the ring B, the snap E, or other article immovably upon the rope at any desired intermediate position between its ends.

To secure the ring B in place on the rope, the rope A is first passed through the opening f of the double ring, thence back through the other opening, f', thence over through the ring B, and thence down through the opening f of the ring, and thence down through the openingf of the ring, the rope A thus passing in opposite directions through each opening f f of the ring. This double oblong ring F, when thus combined with the rope A, ring B, snap E, or other article, will securely x the ring in place at any desired position upon the rope A, and render the halter absolutely secure, as there is no possibility ofthe ring slipping its position longitudinally on the rope.

rI he ringB or thesnap E may, if desired, be

made or cast integral with the double oblong' rings F F; but the preferable way is to make them separately, as shown in the drawings. It will, of course, also be understood that the ring B may be secured on the end of the rope instead of the snap C, in which case the snap C would be secured immovably at the intermediate position on the rope by the double oblong ring F. As the two parts of the rope A pass in opposite directions through the openingfof the double ring F, the Strain upon the rope of course has no tendency to slip or move thel double ring Flongitudinally on the rope.

I claim-- 1. The rope halter consisting in the combination of rope A, snap C, secured upon the end of said rope, and ring B, and 4double'ring F, having two openings, ff', through each of loo which the rope is passed twice in opposite directions, substantially as specified.

2. The horse neck-halter 'consisting in the combination of rope A, ring B, snap C, splicepiece D, snap E, and double rings F F, each having tWo oblong openings,ff, through each 4of which the rope is twice passed in opposite ro said openings, and through atleast one of said openings twice in opposite directions, substantially as specified.

4. The combination of a single rope with a double ring, F, secured at an intermediate p0'- sition between the ends of the rope, and hav- 15 strain or tension upon the rope, substantiallyV 2o as specified.

ALBERT G. GARFIELD,

Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, EDMUND ADcocK. 

